Practice Theory and Work Task Performance: How Are They Related and How Can They Contribute to Study of Information Practices
Katriina Byström and Annemaree Lloyd

Monday, 6:30pm

Summary

Our aim is to introduce an emerging understanding of how practice theory can be
used to frame the analysis of (work) task-based research. This analytical work is tentative, but has the capacity of furthering task-based research by
addressing the dialogical relationships and embodied performances that constitute practice. We argue that analyses of task as a constitute element of
practice can contribute to a rich discussion of knowledge construction in
information studies.